Cabinet with secret compartment



O. R. PLATTER CABINET WITH SECRET COMPARTMENT Filed Dec. 20. 1925 4Sheets-Sheet l June 9, 1925.

' June 9, 1925.

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O. R. PLATTER `CABINET WTH .SECRET COMPARTMENT Filed Dec. 2o. 1925 4sheets-sheet 4 lll/ll dur/cq attorney) Patented June 9, 1925'.

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GEVAL R. PLATTER, OF NORTH VERNON, INDIANA.

CABINET WITH sEcnE'i` COMPAETMENT.

Application ied 'i'.ieceinoer 2i), 1923. Serial No. 881,810.

To aZZfwiom "it may concern.: y

Be it known that I, ORVAL R. PLATTER, a citizen of' the United States,residing at NorthiVernom in the county of .lennings jandStatefofIndiana, haveinvented certain new and usei'ul Improvements; in "CabinetswithSecret Coinpartments; and I do hereby declare theffollowing to be'a`i'iilhclear, and exact description olI the invention, such was willenable'othersv skilled in the art to `which it appertains to make anduse the same. 1j j This invention relates to improven'ients in cabinetssuitable .for use in bath rooms, bed

rooms andapartments, andhas for its ob- `ject to provide asecret'compartment in the cabinet;` f

` The various novel features ot the invention will appear lrom thedetailed descrip- Iltiontaken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part ot the speci tication. i

y Referring to` the. drawings, Fig,V 1 is a perspective view vot onestyle oi' cabinet in u which the iniproven'ient may be embodied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of `the same cabinet showing the clotheshamper swung open and the secret compartment or drawer pulled out intoposition;

Fig. 3 .is a horizontal cross section thru the impro-ved cabinetshowing` the relative positions of the secret compartn'ient and theclothes hamper;

4i is a View similar to Fig. 3 but showingthe clothes hamper as swungopen and the secret compartment drawn out of the cabinet;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of F ig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal view thru the cabinet showing a modilied form ofslide bar to which the secret compartment is hinged;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a cabinet similar to that shown in Fig.Q but showing the secret compartment mounted within the cabinet in asomewhat diiierent manner;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken thru the cabinet shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section, the sectionbeing taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9, and

'the back wall 141- o'i the hamper will be sufii- 'vided with suitableshelves.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. l() but showing the secret compartmentas opened outinto accessible position.

"panel to provide the necessary clearance in opening and closing thehamper, as will be readily understood. The hamperis oi such sizethatwhen the same is in closed position,

i ciently removed trom the back wall 15 of the cabinet to leave aconsiderable space therebetween.

fir-ranged between the baci; wall 15 of the cabinet and the baci; wall19; of the 7: hamper, isa secret compartment generally indicated at 1G.This compartment is ot tray-'like form and one tace thereof mayconveniently be omitted, namely that side oi' the compartment which willbe normally Si) disposed against the. back wall 15 of the cabinet, andthe compartment may be pro- In one embodiment of the invention shown inFigs. 1 to 7, the compartment 16 is mounted to S5 swing on a verticalaxis and so arranged that it can be drawn out of the cabinet when thehamper has been opened out.

In Figs. 1 to 5, vertical pivots about which the compartment 16 shallswing may con- 90 veniently take the form ot' pins 17 arranged adjacentone corner of the compartment while in Figs. 6 and 7 they are shown asconstituting hinges 17. Upper and lower rails 18 are secured to thecabinet at one 95 side thereof, and each of the same is provided with agrooved traclrway 19. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, thevertical pins 17 are slid'ably received within t-he traclrway while inFigs. 6 vand 7, a vertioal- 100 ly disposed bar 17a is slidable therein,and to this bar, the secret compartment is hinged by hinges 17. Eitherof these constructions permits the compartment 16 to be swung fromclosed position, see Figs. 3 and 5 to 105 open position7 as shown inFigs. 2, 4.- and 6,

While the hamper 11 is opened, the back wall ot' the compartment 16 willappear as the back wall 15 of the cabinet, thus constituting in effect afalse back oi' the cabinet, and hence no indication will be given thatthere is a secret compartment in the cabinet. The secret compartment is,however, readily gotten at by swinging the same outward on its hingesand then drawing the same along the grooves 19 in the rails 18 until ithas been drawn out to the limit of its movement at the end of the rails.

The space utilized by the secret compartment is generally waste spacebecause it is not found practical to make the hamper the full depth oithe cabinet. The angle of the upright side 13.\o the hamper isdetei-mined by the depth of the hamper, and if the hamper is of toogreat depth, it becomes of objectionable form because of the angularityof the wall 13. The compartment 16 does not, therefore, sacrifie anyuseful space and is a very desirable feature in cabinets of this kind.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the bottom of the lower section of the cabinet isshown as having a diagonally arranged strip 2O in place of the fullfloor as in the other views.

In some instance it may be desirable to mount the secret compartment toswing on a horizontal hinge 21 as in Figs. 10 and 11, the same beingconnected to a bar 17b which is slidable in a horizontal plane, inconnection with suitable tracks 18a.

It may be desirable that the hamper 11 be removable from the door towhich itis hung. In F ig. 2 the hamper is shown as comprising a wirebasket hung on the door by any suitable means, such as hooks 11. Bymaking the hamper removable it can be removed when filled with soiledlinen, and a new basket hung on the door in place of the one removed.This may be a very desirable arrangement in some instances as will bereadily appreciated.

TVhat I claim is:

1. The combination in a cabinet of a hamper mounted to swing into andout of the same, a tray-like compartment within the cabinet between theback wall of the same and the adjacent wall of the hamper, saidcompartment being normally disposed with one of its broad faces againstthe back of the cabinet, and turnable and slidable means on which thesaid compartment is mounted for opening and withdrawal.

2. The combination in a cabinet oif a hamper mounted to swing into andout of the same, a tray-like compartment disposed between the back otthe cabinet and the adjacent wall of the hamper and turnable andslidab'le means to which said compartment is connected for being swungtoward and from the back wall of the cabinet and for being drawn out ofthe latter, said compartment when closed constituting a falseback forthe cabinet.

3. The combination in a cabinet of a hamper mounted to swing into andout of the same a tray-like compartment disposed between the back of thecabinet and the adjacent wall of the hamper, a hinge about which saidcompartment may be swung toward and from the back wall of the cabinet,said compartment when closed constituting a false back for the cabinet,and guide rails extending fore and aft of the cabinet on which thecompartment may be drawn out;

of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ORVAL R. PLATTER.

